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Match TV talked to Victoria Listunova about the Olympic summer without participating in the Games, recovery, and memories of Tokyo three years later. We are copying several fragments, and the full interview is available on the Match TV website


❓ Victoria, how are you feeling? How was your recovery from the injury? Was it an old problem or some kind of force majeure?


💬 The injury may have been cumulative, it was not immediately revealed, I am now trying to train in the same volume as before. I am restoring my program. It took a long time for rehabilitation. From April until mid-summer, I was completely without loads, so that the injury would heal and never bother me again.


But it is not like I was resting all summer. I was constantly present at the training camps, went through all the recovery procedures. At first there was complete rest, then I trained as much as possible without pain. So there were trainings, but in a minimal mode.


In the summer I went to the BRICS Games, unfortunately, not as a participant, but I was part of the delegation. I am grateful to the federation that they did this for me. So there was no rest from sports, I just worked without heavy loads, abrupt movements.


Now the first starts, we will see what happens next, the program is not yet fully assembled, but you have to start somewhere.


❓ You participated in streams during the Olympics. Did you like it?

💬 It was an interesting experience - to watch, to communicate with other people who love gymnastics.


❓ What do you remember most from the events of the Olympics in gymnastics?

💬 I was very impressed by the Algerian, who won on the uneven bars with incredible difficulty. I liked the victory of Rebecca Andrade: everyone was betting on Simone Biles, but she made a lot of mistakes and came in second. I liked the performance of the Italian on the balance beam. Overall, the finalists in various disciplines impressed. There was intrigue everywhere.


❓ How did your Olympics stick in your head? Like a children's fairy tale? After all, you were only 16 years old, it's a different perception.

💬 I guess I appreciate it more now. When I was at the Olympics, I didn't attach much importance to it, I had a calm feeling - we had been going for a long time to get here and there was nothing to worry about.


📌Full version of the interview https://matchtv.ru/gimnastika/matchtvnews_NI2148611_Vspominaju_Olimpiadu_v_Tokio_teper_bolshe_cenu_etot_moment_Intervju_gimnastki_Listunovoj

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